Posts Tagged ‘Stamp Duty’

Freezing council tax, as Chancellor George Osborne proposes to do today, will not only save the average family £72 a year but help bring home a fundamental difference between the Coalition Government...
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Cash-strapped governments have long wanted to grab a bigger share of the wealth we hold in housing, now the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) says Britain should adopt a Co...
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House prices at the bottom end of the market are now falling faster in Britain than Spain, according to a comprehensive survey of the biggest house price indices. But house prices continue to rise at ...
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Nobody likes paying more tax and so the increases in National Insurance Contributions (NICs) and income tax announced last year which take effect today provoked predictable political knockabout, with ...
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House prices look set to be boosted by a multi-billion pound new stream of buy-to-let investment by institutions, including Britain’s biggest insurer, prompted by a little-noticed clause in the Bud...
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Homeowners suffered more than most from the last government’s belief that it needed our money more than we did; now millions are waking up to taste the Coalition tax difference. During 13 years of h...
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New analysis of home income plans or equity release schemes sold to older homeowners who find themselves “property rich but cash poor” shows that many pay a high price to unlock their wealth in br...
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Hints from the coalition government that tomorrow’s emergency budget may contain help for local authorities to freeze council tax may prompt many people to say “about time, too.” Council tax has...
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The average family is now paying a total of 39 per cent of their income in taxes, more than a tenth more than they did in 1997, according to comprehensive new calculations by accountants Smith & W...
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Now the coalition government has confirmed it will scrap home information packs (HIPs) it must go further to cut red tape in the housing market. HIPs were as much use to homebuyers and sellers as a ch...
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